Senior Technical Business Analyst (AI focus) 12 month FTC

Auckland - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At KPMG New Zealand the commitment to fuelling prosperity for all New Zealanders is central to our mission. We bring this purpose to life by adhering to our Code of Conduct and consistently demonstrating our shared Values of Integrity Courage Excellence and Together for Better.

The opportunity:

This opportunity is for a Senior Technical Business Analyst seconded to the AI Team where you will partner with business leaders and engineers to translate complex processes and policies into robust testable requirements for AI-enabled solutions. You will lead structured discovery define evaluation and acceptance criteria support solution design and champion governance so solutions are safe compliant and deliver measurable outcomes.
This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

Day to day you will:

Lead discovery to map current and future state processes decision points and escalation paths producing clear and reusable artefacts.
Translate business rules and policy into machine-readable specifications (e.g. decision tables structured requirements prompt/skill specifications).
Define evaluation datasets success metrics and adversarial tests to validate quality safety and reliability.
Partner with engineers to shape solution options integrations non-functional requirements and test plans.
Prepare governance inputs (risk assessment data classification access/RBAC privacy considerations) and track approvals to completion.
Plan and run UAT and pilot phases; coordinate training comms and change activities to drive adoption.
Measure and report business impact (time quality cost) and agent performance (success and intervention rates).
Maintain a groomed backlog RAID and stakeholder communications ensuring alignment and momentum.

About you:

AI first in your approach to work.
5 years experience as a Business Analyst (or Product BA) delivering technology-enabled change in complex environments.
Outstanding facilitation requirements elicitation and documentation skills; able to turn ambiguity into crisp testable acceptance criteria.
Proven experience with AI/automation or data-driven solutions including defining evaluation sets and measurable outcomes.
Working knowledge of enterprise platforms and data (e.g. Power Platform Azure ServiceNow SharePoint/Fabric) APIs/connectors and identity/RBAC concepts.
Familiar with AI governance risk and compliance processes (privacy data protection DLP/labeling) and how they influence design and rollout.
Comfortable partnering closely with engineers and product owners; excellent communication with senior stakeholders.
A growth mindset: curious pragmatic and outcome focused.
Confidence with LLM/agent concepts (human-in-the-loop prompt patterns tool/skill design telemetry cost controls).

Recruitment Agencies: The recruitment for this role is being managed directly by the KPMG Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners if we require agency assistance. Thank you for your understanding.

Life at KPMG

KPMG values diversity in the workforce and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply for roles including individuals with a disability additional mental health needs chronic health conditions or who identify as neurodivergent.

For disabled and neurodiverse candidates if you encounter accessibility barriers or if you have access needs and require support to participate equitably in the recruitment process please phone Enya van Dulm onor email

We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a holistic range of benefits to support your life balance whatever your circumstance. We want you to do Work That Matters Thrive and Grow and know that you Belong here with us at KPMG.

As a KPMG employee we will offer you:

Access to the firms annual incentive scheme

Opportunities for local and international secondments

Hybrid working across a mix of office client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work

The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand

Flexible leave options including the ability to purchase additional annual leave

Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents

A paid professional association membership of your choice

Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft LinkedIn Learning with bespoke learning pathways for all employees

A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances banking services and lifestyle goods and services

The support allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion Diversity and Equity Affinity networks including the Kiwa Pride Ethnicity Accessibility and Wahine groups

The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities as we work toward reducing the firms environmental footprintand become carbon zero by 2030

An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social sporting cultural family and fundraising activities

Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities

An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations subsidised sporting events free confidential counselling services additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your familys overall health and wellness access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all irrespective of gender ethnicity generation flexible work status family circumstances sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website.

Required Experience:

Senior IC